Not for Want of a Nail — One More Running Post

Note that dirty line running from the sole of my runner along the side of my shoe across that central stretch of mesh — and the puncture mark on the sole below it — where…

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Blooms beat Gloom

The weekend’s going to be grey and rainy, but with these little guys popping up all over, who can be gloomy? Mind you, I’m tempted to gloominess by a cough that’s threatening to become something…

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Keeping the Grinch Out of Christmas . . .

Because I was a stay-at-home mom (albeit one who ran a music studio from home, teaching piano and theory, while also a perennial student) whose husband was often away, I did most of our Christmas…

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Island Life, Beauties and Beasts

I took these photos almost two weeks ago, thinking they’d make a pretty post — details from a slightly decrepit wicker patio chair, beach rocks someone has arranged on a garden stone. Turns out they’re…

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Viewing Fatigue . . . with Opera Distraction

Gloomy-looking, isn’t it? That’s the view from here, this week, and I must admit I’m reflecting it quite well in my own energy levels. I went to sleep last night at 8:30 and woke this…

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